Audition Notice

"Blues In The Night"

A co-production with The White Theatre at the J

Performing at the White Theatre at The J in Overland Park, April 13-21, 2024

Auditions have been rescheduled to Monday, February 12 due to conflict.

• Auditions: Monday, Feb. 12, 6-9 p.m. 
  

• Callbacks: Tuesday, Feb. 13, 6-9 p.m.  

• Video auditions will be accepted until Feb. at 12 p.m. Please still fill out an audition form and send your video audition to Emilie.

Please prepare 32 bars of a song in the style of the show. The creative team welcomes and encourages all actors (Equity/EMC/Non-Union) of all races/ethnicities/ages (18+) to audition.  

A stipend will be included for actors cast in this production. 

Important dates:

• Rehearsals will be held March 25-April 12

• Performances will run April 13-21

• This dynamite, dramatic revue thrills us with the universal language of the blues.

• The soul of the blues wails out full and strong in Blues in the Night, a scorching, Tony-nominated musical! The 26 hot and torchy numbers that tell of the sweet, sexy and sorrowful experiences that three women have with the lying, cheating snake of a man who does them wrong will leave you energized, inspired and ready to wail.

  With little spoken text, the interweaving stories are defined through glorious songs that cover the range of this indigenous American art form, from Bessie Smith to Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Alberta Hunter, Jimmy Cox, Ida Cox and more, telling of the pain and misery of life and love — and also of the dogged determination to get through it all — that is the essence of the blues.

  Alternately wistful, tender and raunchy, Blues in the Night is a modest production with a larger-than-life score and vocal arrangements designed to bring down the house.

• Character Descriptions:

  Blues in the Night Character Breakdown

  The Woman Of The World

  A beautiful and stylish African-American woman who came from a grandiose and rich lifestyle. She deludes herself into believing she is still living the high life and spends each evening preparing for the next gentleman caller. Hides behind a sophisticated veneer but is capable of great humor, sensuality, and emotion.

  Gender: Female
  Age: 50 to 60
  Vocal range top: A5 Vocal range bottom: F3

  The Girl With A Date

  A youthful, energetic, enthusiastic girl. Bright and clever, but innocent and prone to vulnerability. Her drinking reveals a range of emotions and surprisingly uncharacteristic bitterness.
  Gender: Female
  Age: 18 to 21

  Vocal range top: C6 Vocal range bottom: E3

  The Lady From The Road

  A warm and beautiful African-American woman. Humorous and full of gossip, she possesses a wealth of experience in her long life. Has fallen from grace and she knows it, but hopeful she will rise again.
  Gender: Female

  Age: 55 to 65
  Vocal range top: Ab5 Vocal range bottom: E3

  The Man In The Saloon

  A simultaneously very charming and slightly dangerous guy. Exudes confidence and control in his sly remarks to the women, but is secretly frustrated and lonely.
  Gender: Male
  Age: 30 to 40

  Vocal range top: Ab4 Vocal range bottom: Ab2